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Richard Webber
Earliest documented Webber ancestor. Family roots in Broadhempston, Staverton and Berry Pomeroy, Devon. Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Broadhempston has 20–25 Webber gravestones.
View family page →Nicholas Webber (senior)
Father of the emigrating generation.
View family page →Nicholas Webber
Sailed from Plymouth on the Persian, Sep 1852. Arrived Melbourne 27 Dec 1852. Obtained Miner's Right 1857. First three children born in a tent at Moonlight Flat. Family moved to Ten Foot Hill, Chewton. Became licensee of Brighton Hotel 1882.
View family page →5 descendants — click to expand
Elizabeth Webber / Jolly
Sailed from Plymouth on the Persian with Jane Holmes, Sep 1852. Only known portrait preserved. Children: Frederick, Edith, Elizabeth Jolly c.1876; Edward Webber Jolly (born 1865).
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Jane Cole
Married three times: (1) Edward Webber (sailor, lost at sea) 1831 Totnes; (2) Thomas Webber (Edward's first cousin) 1839 Broadhempston; (3) John Holmes (14 years her junior) Christmas Day 1843, Newton Abbot. Sailed on the Persian Sep 1852 with John Holmes and children. Arrived Melbourne 27 Dec 1852. Funeral receipt 1884 and memorial card 1886 preserved.
View family page →John Holmes
Third husband of Jane Cole. Sailed on the Persian 1852. Farmed at Gowar East, Victoria. Letter to grandson preserved 1884.
View family page →3 descendants — click to expand
William Robertson
Earliest documented Robertson ancestor. GSV family data sheet records William Robertson and Elspet Lillie.
View family page →James Robertson
Emigrated from Scotland to Victoria. Portrait and death notice preserved in family collection.
View family page →James Lillie Robertson
Son of James Robertson. Married Mary Mess. GSV family data sheet records this union.
View family page →4 descendants — click to expand
Robert Sutherland Murray
Arrived Sydney aboard the Portland, 3 Dec 1837 after 133-day voyage. Moved to Port Phillip 1840; sought gold at Forest Creek, Castlemaine 1854. Died at 138 Johnston St, Fitzroy. Estate £850.
View family page →Margaret Harvie Murray
Died suddenly aged 86. Owned four properties in Fitzroy. Estate £632. Buried with Robert, Unitarian section A, plots 5 & 6, Melbourne General Cemetery.
View family page →Marion Murray
Eldest of nine children. Married Nicholas Webber 1857, uniting Murray and Webber families. Mother of eleven children. Died in South Yarra.
View family page →Isabella Murray
Portrait (coloured studio portrait and daguerreotype) preserved in family collection.
View family page →Daniel Murray
Travelled with parents Robert and Margaret on the Portland, 1837.
Robert Alexander Harvey Murray
Youngest of Robert and Margaret's nine children. Photograph age 19, 1870, preserved.
View family page →Family Branch Legend
webber
Devon, England → Castlemaine & Brighton, Victoria
Tanners and farmers from Broadhempston, Devon. Nicholas Webber emigrated c.1852 to mine at Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine. Later generations ran Webber's Hotel and the Brighton Hotel, and served in both World Wars.
robertson
Scotland → Victoria, Australia
Scottish emigrants. William Robertson and Elspet Lillie are the earliest documented ancestors. Their descendants farmed in Victoria; Jessie Robertson married B.A. Webber, joining the two families.
murray
Glasgow, Scotland → Castlemaine, Victoria
Robert Murray and Margaret Harvie emigrated from Glasgow during the Highland famine via Rev. Dr. John Dunmore Lang's scheme. Their daughter Marion married Nicholas Webber in 1857, joining the Murray and Webber lines.
Key family connections
Webber × Murray: Nicholas Webber married Marion Murray, 7 March 1857, Fitzroy — joining the Devon and Scottish immigrant lines.
Webber × Robertson: Benjamin Arthur (B.A.) Webber married Jessie Ann Robertson — joining the Webber and Robertson families in the next generation.
Gold Rush origins: Both the Webber and Murray families arrived in Victoria c.1852 during the Gold Rush, settling in the Castlemaine district.